THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1915.
T"LJC" IAI IDIVl A I
I ij. j yJ j
AN INt-ePE.VDEXT 1W8PA?E.
C. . JACKWM
..Pnbliahaf.
t-.utn rr cn.ng ,,t i.,, .
erjr Sunday morntne at xh jaort.ai Boii -
.u. iBinnHi
fcatarae at la immi fie at Kortiajad. Wr.. to
traoanilMlun tbraua : the mail .aecend
rlaaa matte. -...-.
!A(.ii.l'Hi.JijJllalJ J17H; Hon. A-aoOl. AU
aetiarireefita tsebad tr WJea aumMn. Tat
1- operator wbat 4earta9at r went.
fVKLltiX AUVEH'I JXING UE.fSlCllKMTaTtVlf
v. cnjirnn & Keutftor Co.. Brauawtcs Bid.,
S2S fifth' At.. .New Yoraj UUS People's
Ciu ftitfa;- Cbieaao.
' ttutiaerlptloe mw br nil or to any a
" In the . Uoite. Stataa oc Mallear . .
- - . DAILY.
Om ; 15.00 i One
Ojfontb. ....$
On aar.,....f2.S0 I On moat. .....$ 3S
v a am a rrms r a v
om year...... 7. so b mntii. .as j
a
And remember this: Yester
- day's euccesVes belong" to yes
terday, with alj of yesterday's
defeats and sorrows.. The day
Is Here. The time is Now
Elbert Hubbard..
CROOKED SPECIFICATIOXS
HE victimizing of counties is 000 .for all belligerents. That boutnern .rac.ric to retain posses
I often accomplished by Juggle gross Included 1,000,000 British oa of the 2,300,000 acres, of Or
I in the specifications. Bridge ' and French casualties,, and Mr, As- eSon k California grant lands. ; In
. . building . in Oregon has, quith's statement indicates that the n interview, 5resterday, he declared
hrmirh tha nrnfaau hoen ft favnritn . tntat mT S hava , Ien r-lnwo Ifl thf that he . knew nothing f the r.eSO-
annrra nf mntctltir tnitiiitrnl. !
The exposures by former High-' 000,000 at the end of March, what two months after; adjourn-
way Engineer P-owlby give ajis it today after two. more months meat of . the , legislature, that At
glimpse of what, has been done, j of? war in which some of the torney Oeneral Bfown jhaioV arrived
' Crooked specifications -often foor heaviest fighting was done? ; in Washington under direction by
honest r.ountv coHrts. Snecifica-f - ' " " ' tlie legislature to present th reso-
tiona are so drawn as to give a cer-
tain bidder the advantage. With 1
the assistance of a well known '
bridge engineer, The . Journal ven-j
lures to' set j forth some of the de-
vices employed by bridge compa
nies and untrustworthy engineers.
A common practice is to make
the plans, as regardsthe steel de-;
tails, .very vague, leaving off de-'
SSln'mOSSttiL
details amount to 25 per cent of
the Rteel fn the gnan On receivine
the steel in the span on receiving
Such a plan:-a great many bidders
will not submit a bid, because the
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that some other bridge company is. -
in close touch with the situation. 1
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. jn oraer 10 budibii a diu, h
would be necessary to design and
calculate the connections
Diuuers
cannot afford to do
doubtful proposition.
this on a
; Another more common practice j
is to make the foundation piers the cemet.ry where a frieniiy of Leeds earned 2,111,764, an in
and abutment plans as the depth , grave mafk$ tnw end of suf. crease of 31,559 6ver! the previous
the piers must go, and the material ferings. But lt DO tale of year. Operating expenses being
they will strike very vague, then fh rrn,.i anrt tnratir,n nf th 'dednRtod. th nPf rAvn w ti -
call tor a lump sum bid on. the
bridge complete
Often bridge companies design :
their bridge piers to go to exces
siv6 depths, much farther than
tney win Arter the contract
is awarded they i-educt a certain
""4A """ n.Cu W1,U8 ia
K-S14- A-fi-M 4VIci 4 S .
UU1" VU,C1 lo iU !
the plans
vard of concrete dividlns the uiera manife st initiative.. An individual of employes on active service with
intc .section of say ffvto 10 fel om Fhlldhood to maturity : the army, the balance was f737.-
of added deoS below Irronnd line exists , in hunger cannot be other, m. compared with $758,77 in
1 S g l00" STet "el: th,fta a WellDS- There is no ex-19i4. . i - .
Uon a class of concrete with seDa-trlCatl0a !Of the underfeda from I The committee in charge of oper
rate unit Priee f Crete Wlth 8epa:1 poverty and weakness except by ation of the lines has set aside
'aAnWm.me Is to 1 ? depreciation, and
call for bids on snort time delivery.
The bridge company furnishes the
plan and has the bridge in stock :
at the time it farnishea the nlan.
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The bridge is to be delivered, on
such short notice that no other
firm can meet the delivery. Often-
times the specifications of bridge 7 " t Wt ,riM'Z:- i l'ttrettJl1 lower taxes Of his
cc mpanles in the different countils fS WagHs $ 10 I weS i S? htTt "f compi,a ofi
will be found to contain this Vt. nn1v A vfffLJ -Si 11 la the larest mount ever avail
clause: "The element "of time is Zt'J JZ. ..El thl3 ose. - '
an essential part of this bid, as an
emergency exists and the time of
r.a: v;TuT , " '
iifn The reryjact
that plans and specifications , are
not sent to bidders promptly makes
a legitimate bidder surmise that
there is something . wrong with the
lettlhcr ann h Anon rnt iouAfa V t
time and money necessary to inves
tigate and prepare his bid. In or-
tlgate and prepare his bid. ' In or-
der to receive fair and open com-'
petition Jn bidding, plans must be
r t ', ar au ji.
clear and j complete, steel work
r.u.,iA t i m -
rt litia iti itxt i.ii in uiKLr i v iiHLiti i hi i i r i
time of c6mpletiona reasonable
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time. Ait available data reeardine
foundations, high and low water, : Walker, who has been; drawing ! SPJ?' .Tt yi"8 ag
should, be I given bidders, as well $30,000 a year - from the- Rocklff. 1 L f 2 IndIan ?f"
as definite Information regarding island treasury as general counsel i e ! sentenced to
sand and gravel, and the distance and chairman of the executive com- eJ1?e1nce ""T
of haul to bridge sites. . mlttee. has ,been forced bv the in- ' te? dathbed,. confession of the
. wnen bidders see complete
formation they know that the job
fs worth their time and monv in
secure, because they will be assured . Mr. Walker said that at tha di
pt a fair break, - w Irection of W. H. Moore. T. It.
Where information is kept back
and not given to them promptly
they suspect that the bridge com-
pany has the Job fixed.
Another; quite common practice
Is. after bids are,opened, to permit
a bridge company to give a figure
on another plan, which they claim
Is a better bridee. and oftn i in
some slight particular. The orlgl-
nal - plan is discarded and a com-
pany that is not the tovt hMt.p
nttwrrfori fho nrmfnot -
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A case Of this kind Occurred in
Vale recently on the bridge span- i
ning the Snake river in Malheur
county. . - i
- Ttm COST IS MEN
P
r.i:r:rr rz r. ..ili8U con4to
"jjwuii auu ivieaiierraneAn
. . forces had a casualty list of
258,069 from the war's beginning
to May 31. The total Includes 50,
342 killed, 153.980 wounded and
53,747 missing.
This, statement of Krw h,-
Include casualties In tbe navy nor
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those of forces engaged in". Africa
and the near cast. It la Interest-
'rOitf different joints of view,
it t& known tnax - ureal imtain Has
lost more than a quarter-of a mil -
r Hon men, and the total -will - proba -
j bly exceed : 300,000 when aU the
1 returns are la. More than halt of
these were tost during the last four
months of war; indicating that the
fighting Js ! getting fiercer and ateo
thatJBn gland has a much larger
army in actual service than, during
the first six months. '
-.-.l. II-- linis.
nalties have been given out by the
other t belligerents, but accepting
the British, figures as accurate, it
Is probable that estimates' of losses
have been f overstated. Last 'Janu
ary figure credited to the Inter-
national .-; bureau of the Red .Cross
rat Geneva, placed total losses for
all belligerents at 0.359.000. But
this total; Included 433,000 Brltibil
Icasualties for the first five month
of war. Premier Asquith's figures
are ior 10 'months and are less
fcoW n.n'mirfil nt ihnaa nf thfl ;-
Red Cross ! for half that time.
f It was also esUmated that after
J eight . months of war the total
I losses were approximately 6.000,
t.rnfl fljrnrnJ If Jh total wn fiV
THE TRAIL OK THE SERPENT ;
D"
EATHS among babies
whose
fathers get less , than ?10 a
week number; 256 out of
every 1000,
Deaths among babies whose fath-
ers get $25 or. more a week num-
ber only 84 out of -every 1000.
These ftnflings are the result of
ffTn rl1aHin rxf etofitsf art,
lTlLiaXi&?f
ir T.f ' Child s
Bureau at Washington. ;
Th deeper meaning in :
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1 ,."a", tZ Tha ! twV . T T
tality of the children. What about
the life conditions of the survivors f
. . tin .
1. 0 ;,Th.t i
What lack of nourishment, what!
.v,..,. nf fnr ,v. fnnif
Hia r
and what n wnakneaa nt h nrfi nrt ;
what lowering mentality must re-,
suit? ; 1
i -i-n tinv doari ura fartort nf: - in
mUe ones whom the Grim Reaper!
passed byi
- Two hundred nd fifty-six dead
dictniCnt. -, it means that the $lO-a-:tetal
week ratnera are bringing on more
children t6 b6 fathers and mothers
of another tzftnration of thA in-
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adequately paid.
'f; Th i
."L tin
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a weeg. was once sunicient ror a
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ramny, dui mat u isn i now. Times
rnled and tB ''otl
Jfl6, 1 !fin
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IS $25 a week ought to force upon
us the appalling truth of what an
JuiteiSe.
A pauper wage is the trail of the
s6Tpent rogs the social order,
'
IXKXTIXG A RAIUVOAD .
T
HE Rock Island railroad was
recently thrown into the
hands of receivers, a federal
- judge placing the property
practically under control of men
who wrecked it.
w u v TV 1 CftCU 1 U. t . . j 1
The receivership is being branded o Under the dec8ion. " ot the
, . . . : . . . J . .iOretcon supreme court v.y-
a lnniAin i cfAa-n now mi v- n ai
as the financial scandal attending
u j uuiviui cvauuai aiuivob av 54 aVQ
thfe wrckiti2 nf the Ma vinhi-ta
in-.terstate commerce, commission to
tell his connection with the recelv-
erthir T,oinr
Schumacher and P. L. Hine he se-
cretly drafted a receivership appli-;
cation. At practically, the same
jtime $3,200,000 in collateral was
taken from the Rock Island treas-
1 ury and used for raising $1,600 -
000 needed to meet immediatfe oh-'
ligations.''.:. i
Alt tnnifia c v, .-j.l.r
LSlel! J. lJ
receivership was kept from other
Rock island
directors andfrnm
Uh rrai'a trw.v,r.i, t..
T)nrfnar
;4.Ao Ttr.ii . -
uv.n . t. .. . .
Bar KWVlVilWiUI 7.
lucoc iuicc weena vva.ii kitppi wa
fei with rosy, predictions concern
Ing the j railroad's future. The
stock went up from -20 to
- a k.A avci.F iicuiutuiin i'4iiiruriiai : .
iWhen the- insiders had unloaded
jthelr holdings, the receivership pe-
Si?" vdA bU?ht f.?rth f Z5'?'1!10'
tBraVam a qVajI 4- . . J aV..
order the
receivership as a mere
' ,1,;: " ";;.T' ! was.mals, UkeEufope's' sold
matter of form. . . J . . - - L.
Mr. Walker said he owed his po- Somebody has uncovered the in
sition to the men who engineered . teresting fact that there are 300
H He said,- "I was their women architects -In the United
workhorse and driven as thev de-1 nr vt y,Hi i'ra rtni
m , sa . . ..v :
. 4 . .. ul
nivujjiu m uu ougatiD
ins t.n the .
Kock island's real owners, to the
Investing public, nor to the effect
such "a' stockjobbing transaction
would have : oa -railroads that are
nonesuy financed
and, - operated.
, What is going to, be done about
1 it? A hungry, man who steals a
loar of bread is sent to Jail. How
about powerful .financiers who
wreck a valuable railroad proper-
ty and then take the public's money
by means of such 'a stockjobbing
deal? , ; ;" ' i ' -
; What if some average man -had
perpetrated. such a' swindle?
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AFTER MIDNIGHT
0'
NB of the most vigilant and
active' members J xit the . late
Oregon : senate i was Garland,
"of Linn. i :
Pie carefully scrutinized all leg-
Ration, and topk-a prominent part
pruceeumg. iauua new
-;"J"ot " a-v-...
ana was onen im tae aeoaie,
"Sing all his powers to defeat un-
wortny measures. j
Bat, alert ; as he . was, i Senator
Garland knew nothing of the mid-
Sht resolution, 'slipped through
the legislature in its' last ; hours
ior me purpose oi ,4 a uiug . iue
lutlOn Until he read in The JoUr
lutioh to the- supreme court in the
land grant else.
The recordvof the senate show
1 that Senator Garland was recorded
5 as absent when the vote was taken,
'It is not "imposEible that the back-
'ers of 'the measure jthought the
j brief absence of sucbj a ?member
as Senator Garland an ' opportune
moment; to slip their resolution
f tivnitcri - I '---'
Itas the kind of measure that
leg islalive .manalators . always
want run throush without discus-
sion. ' I
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INTERESTING FIGURES
L
eeds. England, tas a
street car system operated by
the city. Figures from the
financial ' statement ' for the
year ending March 15 last, for-
warded j by Consul Byington, are
interesting. i
unnn? r n war T n A Krrpp: pars
001,550; as against. 1978,517 In, the
former --year.. These figures show
that the working expenses were
revenue which itr. Byington
says compare very favorably with
similar ? municipal undertakings in
other Knerliah ritfefl. !
.
After deducting interest paid -on
. aeauctmg tne.cost or upneep
perB3an.tnt a.nd Metrical
renewa-s. "ere iseu a; net sur-
nii y 9 a s o a g
a applied to-
ward. reducing general taxes, the
Thia amount will he
.nana nrnnpriT nwnor p-otti n r no
benefit . throusrh lower1 taxes nf his
THE FAK3TAM CASE
I
N the Farnam murder trial at
Roseburg, the defense offered
to prove : admissions by a pres
ent inmate of the insane asy
lum msde before he waa commit
ted, calculated to show that he, not
the, defendant, is the real murderer.
But -Judge Sklpwotth excluded the
C" JImZI " "uueu lu
. fwfei!liM"0,,y 011 -tJ,'F10"?d
: that it . was hearsay and inadmis-
.
A similar-interesting question
was presented to the United States
T , vas
held bf a vWed ; court: that the:
lu,ueMluu ucins uay was maa
i nnssiDie. t ' - : '
Wigmcre,. the master English
mind in the field t of evidence.
tB1fes the bf tter rule is to admit
f"fh c0nfeions, but even urrder
rule' Judee Skipworth's hold-
Ing ,waa probably, right, as the
offered in the Famam- case
te" short of a confession,
. -v. ' . ' .fr' 1
0 worth of American horses and
LU "ai a
almost: $10,000,000 worth of 'mules
V1 - u.
naa oeen enippea. to Europe tp - be
.,: j ... . . J
wu w vuo uiueiiBiun. xucaa m
iea to tne oaiueiieias
rri. . ,
lcrs, are
- ... . . .
Z.1 ptuef; T0T ltey
matter.
had no choice
The ; University of j Oregon f acul-
T Vl t n 11-Al-44raIl S -MTa-nViA. a-a 4aMA
ing parties In that Institution. But
the professors have lubt limited
that tliittih! srif hrtlirtf rtf ' totnflv.
pA,i,;ni.':i'..nnt"t.aI.ac:'T - ? :. .
ajiUtVBf - auva' aT V . A v ui w vj unit
-enough ciot-ets. . t
Seth IjOW, former mayor of New
York, wants his state's new consti
tution' to ; contain a ' provision for-
bidding Interference in city elec
tions .by representatives of national
political- parties. -He ? would have
New York's fundamental law. pro
hibit national parties from nomi
nating or-supportlng candidates for
municipal offices. His suggestion
probably will not be adopted right
away,' hut it is a sign of t the times.
Partisanship is sure ' to be abol
ished from municipal politics. '"
. Secretary Daniels predicts that
war aircraft in the not distant fu
ture Will be as. fearful engines of
destruction as are the dreaded sub
marines. He may ' be right: about
it, but , here's , hoping he isn't.
What we need in the -world are
more useful things.' , -v
Marconi ' has invented an instru
ment by which he can see through
a two-foot' wall. , It's nothing ex-
traordJnary for George Eliot talked
abdut people Who OOUld see more -
on. the other than on-this side of
a barn door.
Rose : Festival crowds on - the
streets prove that the reckless au
tomobile driver- is often reckless
by choice. - He can be careful if he
has., to. :y ', -
HOW WILSON WROTE
THE LUSITANIA NOTE
Henry Rood la Hew Yurk Sun.
DtmiNQ seven nigh? and six days
President " Wilson had ; the Lusi
tania. tragedy on his mind for dis
posal in the -form of protest and de
mand to be made on Germany that
and other allied problems pertaining
to ( maritime subjects which were
treated of In his later-"note."
Twice each week, on Tuesdays and
on Fridays, the president meets the
Washington correspondents of news
papers published in ail Of the great
Cities, At a certain hour he is wait-
in in bis office, Seated before . his
urai u a uauai uiing, ana wnen tiiey
enter they unconsciously group them
selves ' in a ' senrf-circle somewhat re
moved from his desk and ask ques
tions, to which he replies as a rule
directly, tersely. , .
On Friday, May ?, fie met them as
usual and later went about his work
as executive of the nation, until sud
denly a portentous -- message snaoDcd
off the telegraph wires: The great
passenger steamer ,nsltania had been
torpedoed by a German submarine;
there had been a terrific explosion on
boaiM; the ship had sunk; probably a
thousand lives had been lost, among
them many Americans.
Just a bare statement, that first
message, practically in the form sf a
bulletin; but In the flash of a single
thought its overpowering importance
was comprehended by the president.
Better, far better, than any other he
saw the possibilities therefrom result
ing. He was not stunned; tut some
uninformed "r correspondents ' : : wired
their , papers, but' the news - of .the
tragedy; k'ell on him with full force.
A short, quick walk in the open air,
then back to the White House. To
his secretary he said he was going to
his private study; that he must not
be disturbed. Then he went up to
that -room In the second story of the
White House, the old cabinet room
adjoining the circular V library to
think the situation out to a finish.
Friday night and Saturday passed by,
and Saturday night and Sunday, and
Sunday night and Monday,
Nd documents- ot other papers were
brought to him save those he sent for.
No person saw hinK without being
summoned, save one Dr. Cary Gray
son, his personal physician, who has
in his keeping the president's health
and strength, on which so much de
pends. '", -
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Within a few hours after news had
arrived of the Lusitania tragedy tele
grams commenced to pour in from all
over the country. Within a day or
so between 1500 and 2000 had arrived.
The president read almost all of
them, for he Wanted to know how
the individual American felt. ' fie did
not care to see any. newspapers, how
ever, for time was precious, and he
had -absolute faith that the press of
the United States, irrespective of
party affiliations, would stand by the
government, a bulwark of immovable
strength in this time5 of national
crisis. :Such a tribute of implicit con-
f ident-e has rarely been paid "the news
pepers of this country.
. He refrained from personal inter
views as far as possible; when he
called for the opinion of this man or
that It must be sent: to him in "cold,
typewritten statement. Then he could
weigh it Impartially and Uninfluenced
by a personality. " .
. One of the most curious and amus
ing beliefs prevalent during the past
days . Is that President Wilson has
teen, conducting the - affairs, of . this
country on his own ?. responsibility
alone. Nothing could -: . be : further
from the truth. It Is a' fact thalhe
makes up his own mind; that he made
it up . regarding the Lusitania horror,
but ndt until he had carefully con
sidered the ,viewa held by men of
highest responsibility, in, one field or
another. y ?
.: Very few are aware that notwith
standing the eminence and ability of.
certain attaches of the - state department-
ever since the' European war
broke out last August the government
has had at its service an f unofficial
council, composed of the -greatest au
thorities on . international law and
procedure now ilving in this country.
Some of these. men .may be .Republi
cans, some Democrats: - Thelr political
leaning ha had nothing "to do With
the fact that they have been on duty
constantly.- for pearly i months
studying every move made by foreign
powers, interpreting -relations of this
or that tovtbe United states, forecast
Ing . as ifar; as possible ' every emer-
gmaey wbtcb 'might arise and UirougU
such Information conveyed fby; tha
sUte department tor the White House,
enabling- President Wilson- to possess;
the combined opinion of tha moat x-
perienced advisers, sot that when th
time ame to act he could . act prompt
ly j and surely, as he is doing. "
- Likewise' the president kn'Owa defi
nitely what the resource of the coun
try ares: When he ahut himself up in
hU private study - face " to face with
the most critical situation that has
arisen for 60 years it was not with
out full knowledge oi the possibili
ties involved, -.' . .
- . ; e "
Whether he intended to stay there
working, thinking, planning, studying
documents . aU . night long and until
Saturday : morning canae la no re
vealed. But hs did -not Stay up aU of
that Friday night, nor all of any other
nightbecause Dr. ' Grayson was on
duty just .as truly, aa-iwaa the preal
dent. And he saw to it that President
Wilson realized the ! importance of
avoiding physical overstrain by go
ing to bed his. usual time, some
where between half paat .10 and 11.
The -president could get up at day
light if he desired, as early in the
morning as he chose, and again- grasp
fresh his momentous task; and he
did so during the days when he was
iranung me note to wermany. Vare trying to 36, but after it grows
for the sake of the country, as . well j up it.: attll $aot. talk -'
as for his. own sake, he must go to! 1 . ' '
bed at an early hourj And thia he he;hePs thrVgknSlen fhe
did also. - i i : . back fence and smiles as she observes
Orrce of twice during the six days j th next, door making garden.
followlhg the liUsitania sinking the ';
president took a breath of fresh t air ;
while in a speeding automobile; once
he went to Philadelphia to deliver an j In the trenches. Let me tell you ia
address; several times be iWaSr- pre- ? story about myself and a German sol
vailed on to relax by a game of golf, i 'ofbow what we -think, of 2re.
to which suggestions he was entirely
, . ' i .
amenable. .
a a i
If ' the : impre'sBlon i exists in
auarter that President "Wilson
'
has
been or is neryousjv overwrought or
in addition even approaching phys,
ical exhaustion that ISipresalon; needs
emphatically to be revised.
A FEW SMILES
"Well.
where's that cook?' 4 de-j
manded his wife, i
"Don t tell .me that
she ' iwasn't on the
train."
"She was on the
train," timidly: ex -
plained th 'com-
muter,: "but 1 -got
to playing cards anl
a ; jLionieyvme man
won her at whist."
a. wn...4 h J ..ii. nA b
a seat there was a smile of triumph
upon his ace. , f .
what's the mat- t ' . 1 I
ter with you?"
asked nig friend.
- Pat's countenance
beamed satisfaction.
"Shure, I've been
riding on this road
fer tin years, and
I've got the best of
the company far
once in roe life.
"How's that?"
rv luat .houffht meself a return
ticket, ah'," lowering
whisper, "be Jabers,
back."
- - : - . .
his voice to a
I ain't oomin
Letters From trie People
(Ootnmanlcatirns kent to Tba Joarnal for
tJCbllcaUon la taia dpatoient ahosud b wrlt
ln on only, one aide of tt paper, abooid ot
azcaed SUtt wurda la leneta and must be ac
companied by , tbe came and addres of tb
tender. It tie writer doea not daawe to Bate
the una published, lia ahuald m auia)
'' "Dlcn!on la the areetett ot all reformar.
H f aUonahtea eYarytaing It toacbea.-' It rob
nrinrinlo of all talae sanctity and throwa them
back oa tbeir reaaunableaeaa. if tbey have bo ,
reaauoableueaa. It rutbleaaiy cruaaas laem oat
e( existence and seta up its own coocluaiou
Id tbeW ateai." Woodrowi Wtiwo.
Fires and Roses. . :-..';;;.
Portland, June II. To the Editor of
The Journal "No j lack of illumina
tion at this festival,'' the stranger Said.
"That was a. powerful fine conflagra
tion to open up ; with an eye-opener.
Got us up and into, the open, too. Pity
everybody hadn't got ! in here yet"
Very , bright thing, indeed nearly
as brilliant as the idea. What?
All a part of the free aftow.
The visitor Supposes:
Portland being famed, you know,
" . For fires as well as roses.
. . IC. S. KOREB.
1
bosses get, : and often the boss . ban
his 'relatives behind ithe counter.
; Before the world takes steps to buy
the industries it should establish reg
ulations and wages to be adopted. If
a; man Knows more ae anouia oe ac- .
isfied to be a boss without getting a
Gresham, Or.. June 11. To the Edi- Let us give a little consideration to
tor of The Journal Too much tb eat some of the issues Involved, before We
is only less bad than nothing to eatJJ" hastily as tt the expediency of
i " A m7 r ik. j the course of action Mr. Bryan has
It is, easy to see that most or the , chosen t6 take. After Pre8ldent W.l
evil deeds are done; by those who hare son had decided upon a policy lncon
tdo much in theirs stomacha and by slstent ; wuh . Mr. .Bryan's views and
those who .have empty ones. There ia conVictions, he could nJ longer be or
only one -way out, of all thia to in- servtce to his countrymen in the" car
sure all the lives and all the proper- paclty of secretary of state, with its
ties all over-the Worlds Itis public 'official 'limitations, and therefore he
ownership of all ithe good and had nas taken the course which gives him
"industry." ! - . i the liberty, as a private citizen, to
f3ut so many say,' "How can that press his views to the people, that
help conditions?" tforrwe" already know they 'may judge whether they prefer
that city ownefl of government owned a policy of peace rather than one which
things are more expensive and pay may mean war. , -
less than private .things. It' is no. -wny should a few American citl-wonder,-
if we have to borrow all tho Zena noti only jeopardize their .own
money and pay big interest and payjjires Dy traveling on belligerent shipj
the bosses, double What the private but also nut theit- countrv In a. nosl-
hundred men's pay, while the one that take such a strong position about -the
knows less should be content .to get "freedom ! of the seas" and rights of
in the mud to the knee a and get ths ! gome Americans to travel where they
same chance at the dinner table thot -will regardless of resultant conseauea
the boss gets.. It ia as much a dls-; efe9i to their fellow citizens, when It
grace for "the -, children or the boss may mean the taking of ; husbands
to get too much as it is for the child from" wives, sons from aged mothers,
ren of th mud handier to get not and fathers from helpless babes, and
enough;" Why should there, be hard ajj tt,e terrible agonies and tragedies
times? As long as the land can pro- of wafT 1 Would - this not too deprive
duce, is there any other reason be- tnfe innocent and helpless of the "free
aide a poor system, not enough ambi- jom" to pursue their live in a happy,
tion for necessary things and too much . contented, and untroubled course, and
ambition for fun., p ' would lt not "Interfere" with th
r strongly believe -the- press, and f rights of the American citizen s who
the press only, can ibrlng th people : are content to remain in , their' own
of the-nations together. - ! land, to live law abiding and peaceful
, FRANK MARASCO. jives? '; Therefore, should our govern
-.' ., " 1 " ' r , i ment pursue a policy which would give
Approval of Mr. Bryan. w " s protection to. and assert the rights o'.
Portland, June JiO: To the . Editor ,
of The Journal I desire to submit jeopardiafng th welfare of the many?
few - remarks incident to the Bryan ; As usual., Mf. Eryan is with the
resignation. Mr. Bryan's action - may 'masses, and it is my earnest prayer
be criticised by some of our "war- that hia efforts for -peace will aceom
Tlors," but to the average American I plish even more toward that end aa
Who love his borne -and his -fellow (America's - foremost ; private -citizen
human beings, it is a raj of hope that 1 than heretofore in his officiaf capa-j-we
have one great champion of. the i Uy. - "
welfare of all the neonle. Without a
doubt President Wilson is actina- with i
unquestionable motives -and - In what i
he believes to be for the best Interests J
Of our country, but teven he jnay, for f
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN'BRIEF
KMAIJL CHANGE
- A kiss may be a reward or
ishment.
pun-
- And some people are too intellectual
to be intelligent.
Dyspepsia is the mother of many a
disagreeable, disposition.
Tt sometimes happens that the vic
tory is not worth the price. ',.-,
Even a cohjr blind - man - can tell a
greenback .when ,heea it. ; -
-An old maid has practically given
up hope when ah quits referring to
"wt eirlS" .
we girl v
And sqme people make na tired
because , we can't run fast enough to
get away from them, r - .
- - - e
A boy usually manages to write his
name on a girl's heart .long before
he gets it on a pay roll, . - i
Nearly ' everybody can' keep a se-oret-if
it is aomethlng good that ie
whispered to hint about another.
: r. ; ." :'; 'ii-r, ". a, jyr.
The people are those of ua "who" eat
strawberries when the market is glut
ted and they are selling at cents a
batskeC - . . - . .
- If everybody knew the things on all
or u that we know on ourselves, the
; whole - population would . leave towaq
the same day. .
. .A- little baby must wonder what it
is that the larger folks in the world
DIARY OF A SOLDIER
ana sucn imngs. When
this war, is over., say the Driuchni
whose sermons we read in the newspa
pers that come to Us, the. world will
turn tnwsiivl - fltA T . .
; opinion everi that thia War tneana the
end of -the iwbrld. Othera ai trim
after the war the world will go inad
wlc.ffi
tore. i , .' " , .
j Well, we fellows In the treuchea, we
men wnom. an overturned civ-ilizatiaa.
has-thrown out to fight as men never
fought before, have already turned to
i God. We know, there ought - to be a
, God at leasts and often is tha t!m
we call on him to protect us, to bring
back alive to our. homes, with or
I wwnout legs Or arms. All we auk is
j ittt,- and when we know we "can't have
it w pray just the same.
. We fight ferociously because we are
1 caught in a great fighting machine,
! :we not cowards. We do. -not
i rflr 40 Gd because we are afraid
i either of death or of hell-fire; .surely
iibxi no worse man lighting
kneedeep in water. With rain nnitHHc
down on Us day and night, and aU the
' while the .air black with smnkn and
H nd shells, and our eardrums
- !-in;witb n?, V i1?
, wmi u me ezxa
B)um ui. us sxbxk, raving mad;
'makes us leap aingle-handed out of the
trenches to bayonet a German to be
- killed and meet the death which we
day and night pray God will not eijd
us. - - - . : - . -- . i ; -- .- . J
! Yet thers are times when we do1
come human, when we are unselffsh
in our prayers. When we ask God -Al-
t mighty to let their souls rest in peape,
... to share his infinite pity with our ene-
! H118- though they ars the causa lof
tn war
LOOS E LEAF FO R
By John If. pskison. ;
Among- the many household account
ing systems sent to me by readers is
one that seems to me. worth while on
account of its modern business look.
It la made up of a binder and loose
leaves, and, aS the system's originator
says, "after purchasing a - ring book
the cost of the printed sheets will be
very small,- and by using the System
you. will be enabled to keep an Itemized
record of the cost of living from year
to year." , . , "
Two sorts ; of leaves are - provided
for th book a cash account leaf and
an expense record leaf. On the first
the date, the item for which cash was
expended, the amount of each expendi
ture, Jthe amount of cash, received, and
the balance on hand after each trans
action are shown,' so that a glance at
the last line filled out shows the state
of the -cash account. - .-.'..
The expense record Is designed to
spread across two pages of the book.
It gives the date, a space for "re
marks," then a number of divisions
headed as follows:
once, be In error, or may have listened
i to -unwise advice. .
tlon which may cost the lives of
.thousands of its 'citizens and sacrifice
its great opportunities to build up
our trade with the South American
1 mnntriAK. to 4V nothiner of . the im-
mense financial
incident with th
;ial cos, which is all co- j
, the waging of war? Why
a few citizens. When to do so may be
,Tberefare: as President Wilaon couli.!
not see hla way clear to listen to Slr.l
Bryan's -appeals inthe tnterest of ths 1
larger humanity, I th!n he la Jutl- I
fled in resigning his cabinet position
; OREGON 6IDEL1GUTS
' -V-i aamaBBmmmaaBBaaaB . V -' - r -
1 A volunteer fire department has
been organized at Woodburn. with 17
charter members. .
"Hood , River's council has arranged
for an improved street lighting aystern
at flOO .sa year less than tha present
system is costing:
Tha Unh county educational board
has abolished tha . position of school
supervisor and has Instead elected an
assistant to the county superintendent
of -schools.,-.
, -- .. . ....
''Live in Dallas, buy In Dallas, sell
In Dallas-thata the way," exhOrta
tha Observer, "to make Dallas bigger,
better, and brighter. This is a good
town, but there' opportunity for im
provement." :
; '
k Burns f Newsr The necessary repair
work has been completed at the oil
well and the work of putting down cas
ing is progressing. The drill is ex
pected to , start again the last of the
week. Kvery foot of progress will now
be watched with Interest by the oil en
thusiasts of this section.- j -
. - I..:'. i
Heppner .Herald: Condon has a new
rest room, arranged primarily for the
convenience of the farmers, and w
might mention that thev were the
main parties in establishing it. Farm
ers coma to town more often than they
did a generation ago and the , towns
that make it attractive for them natur
ally Willi toe faVored by their presence.
.A . . . a
Eminently correct - weather obser
vations recorded in the- Woodburn In
dependent?: "In this section we some
times growl at a little too much rain.
In some states lightning destroys, ten-thoUsand-horsepOMter
cyclone dip t
earth, tornadoes sweep and -floods alno
take their full share of toil. In some
quarters: the inhabitants get used to
death-dealing visitors. - So do we to
the drizzle." . . .
IN THE TRENCHES
Accustomed as I am to this living
hell, $0 days and, nights without sleep,
to the whistling of bullets' and tJj
boom, boom of the big artillery, to the
crashing of shelly, to seeing the holy
breath, of life snatched from a man's
body beside me any minute of the 24
hours, whenever I see a soldier rbttlug
I am moved to tears and I pray God
for hlmj. . : . ... - - -- ; - .-
: One day when I was a sentinel, be
yond the -trenches, in a little forest to
the', north of ; Soissons, ' I came to a
thick clump of lopety trees, and there,
stretched outjin the bushes, lay a Ger
man soldier, or rather a skeleton
clothed to German uniform, the pointefl
casque at one side, the head swathed
still in bandages. He was stretched
on his back, the empty eye sockets
peeping iskyward through the bramble
and, the trees. ; In his hand, yet cov
ered with decaying flesh, was a chap
let of beads. He had died saying his
prayers. ! ' . - :
X might have fancied that this was
one of the soldiers who had so ruth
lessly burned the ' villages and pretty
villas -and sacked "the noble chateaux
along the line of tha German advance
and retreat during the battle of he
Mime, i I might have said that God
had not had pity on him who had not
had pity on others, and thereupon left
tha body 1 to rot until the bones and
the ; very .uniform returned' to mortal
earth.:: v : :-. -,: -. ' .r'
But preferred to think that God
Would forgive him because ha knew not
what ho did. So there in the silent
forest II took my bayonet and dug him
a shallow grave, repeated the prayers
ior tnej dead over it. Tha next day,
when I was ofrV sentinel duty, I took a
rude piece of plank for a headstone
and, before setting it up at the grava,
carved on lt the inscription: "Here
sleeps a German soldier. . Pray for
mm, ' i .
FAMI LY ACCO U NTS
Pleasare,- Illness,,: insurance, - inci
dental; these being the more personal
items of expense, are set down on the
first page of the record. '
Opposite appears the family record;
froyisiqns,; laundry,; rent and taxes,
light and fuel,' household furnishings,
and wearing apparel. Space oa the two
pages seems ; ample -for a month's
record t. - - . .
Thesef loose leaves mav be niinn
into the cover t tHy time, and can
oa taaeo out ror ruing away as a per
manent frecord. They are inexpensive.
It la in idea that may be adapted to
the: needs of any individual or fmti.
UGet a binder, for looseleaves that have
no printed headings, and then write
in the headings that you want to use.
Experience will probably call for cer
tain changes after a time, and these
can easily be made.
With Ithe loose leaf system, too, your
casn account may be kept on the same
page with the expense record if sheets
properly ruled be used. - -
Its flexibility appeals especially.
where b's noble -efforts "would be of
no avail; na.t tie may urge his views
before the people. -.
May 'Victory crown Mr. Bryan's ef-
lona - j ' HAIMUNU H. MILLER.
A i Jitney Owner'a Views.
1 Portland, June 11; To the Editor of
ne journal 1 'wooid like to '- say . a
few words for the Jitney. I can not
overlook the EOod they have done, and
the publio must admit they have made
the street ear company give the peo
ple wnai iney nave oeen wanting, and
that Is service. And they have eman
cipated; the strap hanser. i '5
; I knetw' of thousands of people that
depend ion the jitneys to get to Work
in th morning. 1 also know that if
tbe ordinance was put up to the peo
ple again they would defeat it three to
one,
.1 am a jitney owner, and I ask the
council , for fair play as to regulation
in a fair way, as every jitney owner
wants, It Aurely, seems strange that
a- man . owning his own car can not
use it to make a living. Many are
,hii r? Vf ,
oneiaT W.1 VM? S?1?
$2500 bond, and milder regulations
FRED A. LENHAUT.
KJpHns Confessed VVeaktiess.
j From' the' London Telegraph.- '
J" An amusing autograph letter from
Rudyard Kipllag figured in the vale in
aid of ithe British Red Cross society
and the Order of St, John,
. invited, in 19, to speak at a pub
lic dinner in aid of an, orphap asyluni,
Mr, Kipling wrote; . ... .'
i '1 simply can't make a speech tn
public. It isn't in my power not fnr
LU the:orpfians in the world.. I have
cxperiniented. on grownup' people, and
the .jrewult wasn't pretty. ' I'd aooncr
thrash an orphan, or gJve it its bottle,
than speak , to the orphans' well wish
ers, afjer a heavy meal."' -
. 1 Needed Circulation."
Front the Cleveland Plain Dealer.'
What you need," said the eminent
medical man, la more bodily activity.
You : should exercise youp back anil
limbs - and feet. . What' your busl-
ness
. "I tt
the champagne floor of the elite lob-
ster palace, V replied the unhappy , pa
tient-
Uh OREc.nv mi mi a v
'1H AEXX Cltl1
fir rraa tcctie,, Spaoial Uft WiiUr
te 'oaraal.
A ,f tw days ago while In Lebanon I
visited fUncle Ben" and "Aunt lieiky"
Irvine, , When you find a whole com
munity calling a man "uncle.- you can
make up your mind that man 1 uni
versally loved and respected. Ci-rtuiti
lt is, there U a warm spot for Mm lu
the-heart of everyone who knows
Uncle Bea Irvine, "you want a stoiy
from me?" be said In 'surprlstx. "Why,
there lan't any story about me." '.
"Tell me about your people and when
you came here." I suggested.
: "Becky, don't you leave. You ke:p
track of the family better than I do."
he sald to his wife, and then tuinln;r
to me. he continued:; "VVumen folk
are better hands at keeping the run of
the family aftd who the dirferent mm
married! and when tbe children were
born than -men.
."My father.-Jesse Irvine, waa born
In Kentucky," said '!Uncle Ben.' "So
was myi mother, Margaret Hadley. My
father : died in Missouri about '1840.
When we came to OreKon, Glvie, my
oldest elstcr, stayed in Kentucky, fche
was married and she and bcr nushand
liked it there. Mymother came with
three of her girls and five boys i'ollv
and Betsy were the I oldest. Bamucl
was the oldest boy; then came Robert
Armlngton, then myself, Benjamin
Harrison, then Jesse, then Jim, and the
youngest was Margaret Jane. Rh
married; Mr. Miller and h-r son. Milton
A. Mllltr, la collector of customs at
Portland. ' - ' ' -
i "Most of the emigrants crossed the
Missouri at St. Joe, but we heard there
were so many waiting there to. cross
we would have t wait two weeks for
our turn at the ferry, so we went up
to the I ferry at Sayannah, 12 mile
above Hi Joe, and got acrosa without
any delay. One of the places I re
member very distinctly was the cross
ing, of the Platte near Fort Kearney.
Our cattle got in the quicksand and
It looked as if we were not going to
get across. We put on double teams
and two of my brothers on horseback
rode beside the oxen to keep them
headed across the river. They wanted
to turn! around and come back. We
came down from The Dalles on a flat
boat. That la, most of the family did.
Two of us boys brought tha cattla
down to the valley on the Indian trail.
. "My brother Samuel settle on Ko
lem prairie, seven miles from Salem.
My sister Folly and her husband.
Charles! Clagarett. took tip a place four
miles from Hal em. The first winter
we all stayed, around Halem. working
at whatever we could get to do. Some
of the boys got work getting ort cord-
wood and some of us got work split,
ting rails.' ( !
-In the spring, of '53, most of us
secured; claims Jn the forks of the
Santlam. Margaret, -my youngest ln
ter, lived with me. i Our claims wera
in:Lina county. My brother Pobeit
married one of Lige Smith's girls, who
lived in Marlon . county, Juat aero.-s
from his place. I married Sarah Becky
tfounson, a aaugntev oi Harrison John
son, who settled in Ithe forks of the
Santlam in I&63. Jesee marritil Km
mallnei Humphrey,! whose father's
claim Was on the Bahtlam.
"James married Lucinda Whiting, a
neighbor's girl, and j Margaret married
George Hollenbe'ck, and later, bcornln?
a widow, she married Robert Miller.
'While I am the last of the oiiglnaj
tribe of Irvines thai came to Ofpkoii,
yoi can find tay nephews ahd rlteey
and their kith and ; kin all over the
state. Samuel's children settled around
Independence. One of Robert s daugh
ters married B. L. Thompson, a banker
at Portland. Another married Allen
B. Slauson of Portland. Another' mar
ried Lark Bilyeu, a lawyer f t Ku-enc.
My daughter Ksther married W. it.
Ray, and they live in the forks of tlio
Santlam. My boy Frank Uvea on liut
ter creek in Umatilla county. Mary
Thayeri another daughter, lives it Ecio.
Charley lives at Hubbard. - Kinrna
Beard, another of rny glrln, lives at
Scio, while Mattiftf and Bertha live
here at home. My brother Jesse's
children are also scattered all over the
state., (Frank, his oldest boy,, lives In
Portland. " Emma Brusha lives In I'on
dleton. i DiJglaw lives at Brownsville
Bessie i lives at Corvallis and George
is in Montana. One of Jlmmle's girl's.
Margaret Weddle. lives at JefferHon,
and another, Almtna Richardson, llvra
at TheiDallea. Polly and Betsy's chil
dren, and their children, live at Salm
or tbere-abouta. You see how a family
will scatter all over the state. If you
began counting up ; our relatives by
birth and by marriage lt would maXe
a goodly list.
"When we settled in the fork of
the SautlAm there waa a rouich st
there, j They were; largely Missouri
Democrats. Yes, pat it in Juat that
way. (My brother Bob was a Lane
Democrat, I Was a Iouglas Democrat;
so were Jesse and Jim. lAttot I be
came a Republican, but one old party
is about as bad as the other, no I am
a Prohibitionist now. Everyono In our
family! did hia own; thinking-, and we
used t have some pretty warm argu
ments defending our views. ; During1
the'waf we had more than warm times
in the forks of the Santlam, They
tried to organise a lodge of the Knierhts
of .the i Golden Circle, but my brother
Bob and old man Cyme broke it up.
You' ouarht to hear Jesse tell of some
Of the rights they used to have at Scio
in war times."- i
INDEX OF ADVANCING
TIDE OF PROSPERITY
if i '- ;
Pittsburgh, June 3. Colonel H.
P. Bope, first vice preldnt Of the
Carnegie. Steel company, 1m quoted
as saying that' the comrjany is op
erating its plant throurJicRit th
country at 85 per pent of their ca
pacity and that he knows of auf
fiHent "orOers for steel jlac"l r
c;sntl;y to bring this operation up
to 100 per cent rapacity within a
few days. ' , .
He further elated that the
Pennsylvania railroad had placed
orders with . the j Carnegie .Steel
company for the iargewt Bteelars
everi turned out of the cornrny'n
mills, id feet In length Inside, and
with! net carrying capacity of 77
ton.l .The Pennsylvania railroad,
he said. alo had under consider
ation the placing! of order- with
the jtiarntsRle gleet company for
the. largest steel i rails, with one
exception, used by any railroad lu
the ifnlted states.
Colonel Pope predlirted that alt
the big railroads would follow the
Pennsylvania lead einc-e It would
require mcr stihstantlal trackas-j
to transpdrt: tise big new steel
carsifrotiT the Pennsylvania sys
tem and that more powerful mo
tive ipower in the ehnpe of loco
motives would lie immediately
neeeeaary. ., He -; predicted that
wlthiin the next year the steel out
put Of the X.'nlted Irilates would be
more than 49.0;o.O!to tons, excecd
'lng the present world i?uFply.